NAUKEURIGE BESCHRIJVINGE DER AFRIKAENSCHE GEWESTEN

van Egypten, Barbaryen, Libyen, Biledulferid, Negroslant, Guinea, Ethiopien, Abyssinie: vernoont in de benamingen, grenspalen, steden, revieren, gewassen, dieren, zeeden drachten, talen, rijkdommen, godsdiensten en heerschappyen, met landtkaerten en afbeeldingen van steden, drachten, &c, na't leven getekent, en in kooper gesneden. getrokken uit verscheyde hedendaegse lantbeschrijvers en geschriften van bereifde ondersoekers dier danden

Including "Naukeerige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche eylande, d'eilanden van Kanarien, Kaap de Verd, Malta en andere...", two pages of which are torn through, damaging an in-text illustration.

viii + 728 pages +18 page index, 120 pages + 2 page index, illustrated, folding plates, folding maps, water stain to top few cm throughout, a.e.g., full leather with decorative gilt, some age-related wear, cracked at top and bottom of spinal creases

"Dapper never visited Africa himself, but relied very heavily on records of the Dutch West India Company, especially a collection made by Samuel Bloomaerts, one of its officials. 

Among other things, the book contains a rare description of the Kingdom of Benin which explicitly mentions the Benin Bronzes." 

 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Description_of_Africa_(Dapper_book)